yourfaceonvinyl

I am the founder of yourfaceonvinyl a company which i established in 2008. The idea was conceived a long time before that. I am practising artist with a bachelor degree in BA fine arts from London Metropolitan University. I also have a website displaying my personal works of art.
Your face on vinyl or YFOV continues to grow with and thanks to your support.

Alien stencil workshop live stencil art on vinyl

Tomorrow night, Thurs 17th Oct 2013, as part of the ‘Groove is in the Art,’ Art on Vinyl exhibition, the artist Vinni Kiniki will be producing a limited edition, signed and numbered, alien themed stencil art series.

If you cannot make it tomorrow to see the exhibition be sure to come on the 24th Oct 2013 for the private view 6pm – 9pm, for Dj’s, Drinks and Jollies.

Your face on vinyl proudly present news of a new series of Alien art stencils to be produced, here you can see previews of the stencil before they have been sprayed. These Alien stencil vinyl art will be sprayed live tonight at a gallery location in East London, all the pieces spray painted will be available for purchase tonight at a special discount in gallery price. Whatever is not sold will be displayed on our online store.

Alien Stencil art on vinyl 12″ record stencil cutting progress

I’m very hyped and excited to be creating a new mini series of limited edition art on vinyl stencil art pieces.

Alien Stencil progress, each layer is carefully cut by hand before being ready for spray painting, in this example we have made a 7 layer deep stencil for the art on vinyl record.

With results looking so slick and professional it’s no surprise exactly how much work goes into creating these stunning stencil pieces. Here you can see exactly how much cutting is involved in creating one piece of art, this example of an alien stencil contain 7 layers of separately sprayed colour, including the base colour on the art vinyl record itself that’s a total of 8 layers (9 if you count the layer of varnish that goes on top to seal in and protect the artworks)

Groove is in the ART – portrait street art stencils on vinyl exhibition London 2013 by Your Face on Vinyl

Your face on vinyl presents “Groove is in the ART” a vinyl art portraits retrospective exhibition

Groove is in the art.– A Stencil Art on Vinyl Records Exhibition – 10/07/13 – 07/11/13

Daily 12pm-7pm 141 Bethnal Green Road / Cult Mountain gallery

Groove is in the art is a retrospective collection of stencil art portraits on vinyl, created by Vinni Kiniki, an internationally exhibited artist who has been producing unique artworks for over a decade.

The exhibition will showcase both old and new, all limited-edition, vinyl stencil art pieces, for sale at affordable prices. These visually powerful, aesthetically striking works are a unique addition to any collection and will most likely become timeless treasures as the vinyl medium itself.

The artist’s original take on stencilling yields detailed and vibrant multi-layered pieces. While the work is reminiscent of contemporary street artists such as Banksy and C215 (to name a few), it simultaneously nods to the classic crisp sensibility of pop artists such as Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist, although one could argue there is a hint of Pollock lurking in the splattered yet insanely controlled textures in abundance within the crisp arrangements. It is fitting therefore, that the works are painted onto timeless genre-spanning medium of 12” vinyl records, which in its reluctance to stay buried in the distant analogue past, has found more than one way of moving onward in an every cold and calculated digital age.

The pieces on display may, at first glance, appear to be digitally-printed portraits of famous musicians and cult pop icons, on closer inspection however, the work reveals the fruit of a deep and intense love-affair between the artist, the stencil art process, the painted subjects as well as the very medium upon which they are painted, Vinyl.

The artist himself draws deep parallels and reflections between everything he creates artistically. The stencil art pieces are no exception, portraits in this exhibition aim to evoke and celebrate the sensibilities of the artist and of the subjects he paints onto the 12” record, in a type of visual mood synesthesia.

The medium (vinyl) represents the soul

The process (stenciling) evokes the cool

The outcome (portraits) characterises the classic

The subject of each individual piece influences all of the above.

Akin to a record label for musicians, all stencil works produced by the artist are released on Vinni’s self-run indie art label, ‘Yourfaceonvinyl’, featured in magazines, and toured (exhibited) internationally, where you can buy limited edition art ‘releases’, stencilled onto vinyl records and. It is also possible to order custom photo to stencil art pieces on both; vinyl and canvas, his clients are international and each piece is created with nothing but pure love and soul, the result is evident in the reactions from the customers, there’s no such thing as paying too much attention to detail, and there is no shortcuts to perfection. Don’t be fooled by the slickness of the packaging, this is art in every sense of the word.

Every Thursday during the exhibition come to one of the Artist hosted events at the gallery to get an insight into the artist’s creation process and get to meet the artist in person.

Vinyl has been the life-blood of clubs for decades and remains hallowed by more than one generation. It has provided the soundtrack of liberated cultural expression and hedonism far longer than any binaries have.

It continues to outlive its analogue brothers and sisters; cassettes ain’t got nothing on it, Betamax? Hush your mout’… Ever seen someone cutting it up using a minidisc? Only in a hipster’s worst nightmare. Vinyl is still being traded and celebrated long after the death of some of its slicker digital cousins, it’s inspired whole genres of music, without it Hip hop wouldn’t breathe a note, Dub, Reggae and Roots might’ve become a lost musical Atlantis, how else would your parents be able to piss you of with Status Quo releases? Oh yes dear reader vinyl is here to stay, this art is a celebration not a defacement…

Vinyl is not just for listening to, vinyl in itself is art, even before I painted on its surface it was at least as beautiful as a Mona Lisa, more packed with content then any Dean Koontz post-modern reference, a great mind like Nicholas Bourriaud recognized it’s brilliance, Christian Marclay probably spunked all over his 1’s and 2’s more than one time. If the artist/musician innuendic parallax is not treason enough, the only forgiveness I ask from the music gods, is that they look upon me in good favour, as in the same way they chose to bestow fortune on the great musicians and abandon others to oblivion, I have turned vinyl copies of one hit wonders into works of art celebrating those widely acknowledged as legends, for good reason. Indeed, no Jimi Hendrix 12 inch LPs were maimed in this process. The vinyls I paint on have been abandoned by all self-respecting collectors to the wasteland of bargain buckets the last hope of musical gene pool survival.

Video showing process stencil art order made from photo

Video showing a process and order guide how you can get your very own custom street art style stencil art portrait, made to order from any photo. In this particular example the customer wanted to buy a birthday gift for his girlfriend who happens to love Albert Einstein. This video will give you an insight into the art stencil making process that goes into every stencil art portrait that is completed by Yourfaceonvinyl.com. Each photo must be converted into a print friendly stencil image that is then carefully cut out using a Stanley knife. In this particular example the art piece is made up of 6 color layers which were chosen to the customer’s specification. The background color is a shocking pink splatter neon paint splash effect.

Here is the latest order fresh from your face on vinyl labs. It’s a stencil urban style portrait sprayed onto 12” vinyl record. The person who ordered wanted a unique art gift to give his girlfriend for her birthday gift. She happens to love stencil art, music, parties, urban culture and the man in the portrait; Albert Einstein. So a stencil portrait of Albert Einstein on vinyl turned out to be the perfect gift idea. The other request was that it must contain the color ‘pink’, so as you can see the background is a textured UV neon type shocking pink and to keep a nice balance and good contrast the main portrait is sprayed in a grey and dark blue and black tone.

Showing the process of order at yourfaceonvinyl.com

In this case this will be the only ever vinyl with this design sprayed on it, in order to keep the piece unique and special we destroyed the stencil after the making of this art work so that she would be the only owner of this stencil art piece, signed, sealed and delivered. We can convert any photo into a unique stencil art piece gift and in this case the buyer requested Albert Einstein. As much as we like the result of this stencil art piece we refuse to make any copies available for anyone else, so please do not ask for a re-order of this particular art piece. However we will be making some fresh and original stencil art series for 2013 so please stay tuned to the website for future updates!

What do you think? Does this stencil art portrait do the man justice? Does it look like albert Einstein? Do you like the colors used?

Your face on vinyl, which creates unique bespoke stencil portrait gift art is on the look out for some studio/store/office locations in order to promote and sell it’s product. We are able to cross promote your venue by running advertising on our facebook page and also featuring a an advert for your business on our page which shows all locations where we feature our art stencil portrait gift art. Please see this link to a page which gives an example. At present we have got a few locations but only one has been fully realised and placed online, we are discussing other locations but certainly we would be interested to hear from you if you are interested to do a little trade. We are offering commission for any sales through your venue location and also we can talk about creating a unique limited edition series to sell from your business location. For more information please send us a private message on the contact page.

It’s not really a street art stencil of Hunter S. Thompson or Gonzo as some people refer to H.S.T. but almost…

However this is actually a Birthday art gift order for someone who has dressed up to look like him. The stencil portrait on vinyl was ordered for a friend’s birthday gift, on the left you can see the photo your face on vinyl was given to work with and on the right is the final result, (photo of stencil portrait sprayed onto 12″ vinyl record).

If you would like to order your very own street art style portrait on 12″ vinyl record or painted onto a canvas please check out the store. To find out more about the process of how we make our stencils at your face on vinyl hq check out this link which has exclusive video of our process.

We have made custom art piece gifts since 2008 and will guarantee you that if you are looking for a truly unique art gift that’s guaranteed to make people smile, we’ve produced custom portraits for occasions ranging from birthdays to weddings, just be sure to order in advance, this is after all an artistic process, it takes time and like a fine wine you must give time for the art to mature (and the paint to dry

To see more vinyl record art produced by your face on vinyl check out the portfolio section

This order was made from the UK, the art was prepared in Bangkok, Thailand using the photo the client sent to us. We can make and deliver your custom gift art portrait to anywhere in the world.

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A man posing with his face on vinyl with custom Brighton football club background colours (reactive to uv black light!)

This was brought as a christmas present, or a birthday present, to be completely honest with you i can’t remember which. I will dig out the files in order to clarify then this was taken! so many order so little time to write about them! art is more fun when i don’t have to write about it, but without writing about it how can you find out how you can order one for yourself? Click here to find out how to get your very own custom stencil street art portrait on canvas or vinyl 12″ record! click here for more info

In this photo you can see the preview image that were sent to the customer for approval alongside the finished product.

The stencils of dogs were made as a portrait art birthday gift. They were completed within 2 weeks and sent back to the customer with express international shipping option (2-5 days delivery time). They were completed by myself Vinni K, in Bangkok, Thailand and shipped to the state of California, USA.

Actually i cannot tell you too much about who these dogs are or what these dogs do, but i can tell you that as you can see for yourself the results are very close to the real thing. I would consider having a pair to hang on my own bedroom wall, to find out about ordering your own custom stencil art portraits on canvas or 12″ vinyl with international shipping option please click here

The stencil itself is not easy, stencils of animals that have long sharp pointy hair features always means lots of cutting and lots of pre planning. In this example the dogs were made up of 7 layers of stencil and colours each. The biggest headache is knowing which order to spray the stencils in so it works well, luckily for that purpose i created this video which you can see by clicking here…

What would you like to see turned into a stencil next? Why not drop me a line and suggest a new line of custom vinyl art pieces.

Example order of a stencil art vinyl portrait gift ordered from your face on vinyl for a DJ. The customer was buying this vinyl art portrait for a friend who happens to be a DJ. We thought it would be fitting to have the portrait made in a UV neon black light rave style to suit the DJ theme. This portrait was stencilled onto a 12” vinyl record and is based on a photo that was given to us by the customer making it quite possibly the best personalised gift a DJ could receive. The order process is simple you can find out more by checking our order info page or better yet check out our videos which you can find in the sidebar, or why not go ahead and place your order today, we are sure that whoever you are buying the street art style portrait for will not be disappointed! See more examples in our example photo to art portrait gallery.

This video is of a recent order in May 2012, The client requested 2 separate portraits of dogs on vinyl records with a pink / purple background color. Together with fully working to customer photos and making a truly realistic stencil art piece this could be possibly the ultimate art gift. For information about ordering please visit the store.

This video shows the process of spray painting a multi layered street art stencil of a dog. Your feedback is appreciated. To find out more about your face on vinyl please visit the about us page.

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Your face on vinyl on display at a Art exhibition in Detroit, USA – all about vinyl art

No Mothers of invention records were harmed in this process…

Your face on vinyl takes part in a art on vinyl themed show in Detroit USA

It’s opening on the 4th of June (for 2 weeks) in the Funhouse Gallery Detroit. It also happens to be the opening party for the Gallery as well. The organizer of the gallery contact your face on vinyl to take part in the show, it’s been a good few months in the making and so we are very excited to be exhibiting a mix of old and new work. Any work left unsold will be posted on the website for purchase (which will also symbolize the launch of the web store – fingers crossed!)

YFOV is taking part in a show especially about art produced on or using vinyl 12” records.Your face on vinyl at funhouse Gallery Opening Flyer – vinyl redux show

So YFOV sent a selection of 10 records (mostly singles and 1 triptych) to include in the exhibition which features over 50 other artists from all over the world. We are very excited to take part in the exhibition and will be sure to post some pictures of the event. This is the first time that YFOV is going to exhibit in America, so high hopes indeed!

What else?

here is an official gallery release statement excerpt…

No this is NOT a vinyl toy show- does the world really need to manufacture more vinyl crap for creative types to paint on? We think not. We believe there’s more than enough Ray Coniff Singers and Air Supply vinyl records to go around for the next 100 years.

Here is a sneak preview of one of the vinyl’s YFOV is exhibiting; it’s a Frank Zappa piece one of the greatest experimental rock n roll musicians of all time, this does him enough justice, but it’s hard to sum up a man who produced such an eclectic and amazing body of work. This is our dedication to him to paint him on a medium which most of his music was released on… And hopefully YFOV has managed to capture Frank Zappa looking iconic and classy created using a stencil and spray paint painted onto a 12” vinyl record.

Funhouse gallery Detroit Vinyl Art exhibition

Also it’s worth mentioning we are now re-opened for custom orders. To find out more about the process check this link…

This is an example of a carefully planned out order from your face on vinyl. The client told us he’d like to give his friends “the ultimate wedding gift”… We don’t take the word “ultimate” lightly. We asked the client to send over some images of the happy couple and sat on it for a bit. Actually this is the first time YFOV got an order of such prestige. As we’ve stated before your happiness is our reward (the money doesn’t hurt either). Order yours now or get in contact for more information or check out our custom order section

The ultimate personalized wedding gift? Scroll to the bottom for more images of the completed order.

After a little thought we had a meeting with the client and discussed some ideas. The idea was to make 3 different prints; one based on a photo of the bride, one of the groom and one vinyl with the happy couple together in order to celebrate the unity and the occasion.

We toyed around with a few ideas. One idea was to use opposing colours on the bride / groom print and combine those colours on the vinyl art stencil when they are both pictured together. Kind of a yin-yang theorem, although the conceptual idea is a good one, the actual translation on idea to physical medium would not work; too many complexities and jarring colours. In the end we decided that good quality image and colour balance rules over complex artistic interpretations which would likely be lost on many. First and foremost is the actual graphic output.

One of the original presentations of Andy Warhol’s piece of Marilyn Monroe

We suggested to the client we would like to create a visual matrix of the wedding couple. Using the number nine (records) to make a nice wall hanging shape and taking inspiration from Andy Warhol’s piece of Marilyn Monroe where a screen print of her face using different colours is tessellated to provide a graphically pleasing result. However we decided to take it one step further and give the client a chance to hang the artwork in any way they please. The vinyl record art can be hung in a grid like matrix, or in a row, vertically or horizontally… or they can even distribute them around the house. Using our custom made wall hanging system the happy couple could also change the order and sequence of the records based on whim. Re-arranging and adjusting to created new home décor layouts whenever they please! Lastly it’s very important to mention that we at your face on vinyl do not use traditional screen printing techniques, we rely much more on a human aspect when hand cut stencils and spray paints were used to create these records. The result…A kind of Warhol / Banksy mashup, with an interactive twist. We hope that next time we can create something even more unique, engaging and interesting.

Off course you don’t have to wait for your or someone else’s wedding. We can produce a similar effect vinyl art gift for any occasion; birthdays, weddings, Christmas present, Bar Mitzvah, or perhaps you are just looking for some custom home décor. The choice is yours…The pleasure is ours!

Say what you want about Banksy, we give props regardless… This piece famously positioned near Old Street round-a-bout London, Uk

Your face on vinyl is a portrait service. We take your photo and turn it into a unique hand-made piece of art. In this example the Bride and the Groom’s photographs were transformed into stencils using a human controlled process, the stencils were hand cut and then sprayed using premium quality Spray Paint and finished with tough stain proof lacquer. Each piece is uniquely made by hand therefore it is impossible that any two records will be the same.

Your face on vinyl IS NOT your usual one-click portrait service. Every aspect of creating the records is done by hand and human eye. Be sure when you order from your face on vinyl you are giving someone a very special and unique gift indeed.

Stencil Art Vinyl record, Portrait on display in bedroom, home decor.

Here is a custom photo to portrait order completed in 2011, the customer was kind enough to send us a photo of the vinyl art portraits on display in her living room for display on our website. In this example you can see the customer order a ‘triptych’ style which is somewhat of a Banksy / Any Warhol hybrid piece. The customer sent in their photo via e-mail which was then printed and converted into a stencil. Then carefully spray painted using the stencil onto a vinyl 12” record. The customer was very happy with the resulting portrait and so was your face on vinyl. In our online store you can find out how to order your very own multi colourer vinyl stencil art for display in your own home. Check this link for order details. Thanks for taking the time to check it out!